Middle seats front bulkhead - other passengers barging through
Mar 27, 2015, 7:05 am
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Middle seats front bulkhead - other passengers barging through
Really does my head in.
We often fly and get middle row bulkhead seats (because we have an infant). Not a huge amount of legroom because of the bulkhead but its still better. No person in front to annoy with baby grabbing the seat.
The number of people who see this as a route from one aisle to another is unbelievable. You see them and they're looking and suddenly they'll dive across you. Trampling on any bags on the floor, tripping over feet etc.
You wouldnt dream of attempting to walk along a row of seats half way back with passengers in so what makes you think I want some to push their way in front of my face now.
Its got the point now where we sometimes pile a bag up by our feet to block it off. Still had someone last flight who steamed across the first two of us- saw the bag tower by person three and asked us to move it so they could get past!
Am I right in thinking its a bit rude to use this as throughway?
We often fly and get middle row bulkhead seats (because we have an infant). Not a huge amount of legroom because of the bulkhead but its still better. No person in front to annoy with baby grabbing the seat.
The number of people who see this as a route from one aisle to another is unbelievable. You see them and they're looking and suddenly they'll dive across you. Trampling on any bags on the floor, tripping over feet etc.
You wouldnt dream of attempting to walk along a row of seats half way back with passengers in so what makes you think I want some to push their way in front of my face now.
Its got the point now where we sometimes pile a bag up by our feet to block it off. Still had someone last flight who steamed across the first two of us- saw the bag tower by person three and asked us to move it so they could get past!
Am I right in thinking its a bit rude to use this as throughway?
Mar 27, 2015, 8:51 am
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On a related note, I had an aisle seat the other way, was seated first, and the woman in the middle didn't want to wait for me to get up to let her in so she simply straddled me and climbed over.
Mar 27, 2015, 8:59 am
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Originally Posted by psychocandy
You wouldnt dream of attempting to walk along a row of seats half way back with passengers in so what makes you think I want some to push their way in front of my face now.
On a related note, I had an aisle seat the other way, was seated first, and the woman in the middle didn't want to wait for me to get up to let her in so she simply straddled me and climbed over.
Originally Posted by psychocandy
You wouldnt dream of attempting to walk along a row of seats half way back with passengers in so what makes you think I want some to push their way in front of my face now.
On a related note, I had an aisle seat the other way, was seated first, and the woman in the middle didn't want to wait for me to get up to let her in so she simply straddled me and climbed over.
Mar 27, 2015, 9:18 am
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Middle seats front bulkhead - other passengers barging through
In the middle bulkhead on long flights, I put my bag down as a foot rest and go to sleep. Usually makes the traffic issue go away. Always does when more than one person in the row does this.
Mar 27, 2015, 11:22 am
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Really does my head in.
Its got the point now where we sometimes pile a bag up by our feet to block it off. Still had someone last flight who steamed across the first two of us- saw the bag tower by person three and asked us to move it so they could get past!
Am I right in thinking its a bit rude to use this as throughway?
Its got the point now where we sometimes pile a bag up by our feet to block it off. Still had someone last flight who steamed across the first two of us- saw the bag tower by person three and asked us to move it so they could get past!
Am I right in thinking its a bit rude to use this as throughway?
Mar 27, 2015, 1:31 pm
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Originally Posted by psychocandy
Am I right in thinking its a bit rude to use this as throughway?
Yes.
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Agreed - particularly considering that the passenger could clearly have seen that you were traveling with a child. All the more irritating since it sounds like you were going out of your way to be considerate to other travellers.
Quite a challenge managing the negative emotions that result from the cumulative effect of this sort of repeated behaviour.
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Originally Posted by rbwpi View Post
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Originally Posted by psychocandy
Am I right in thinking its a bit rude to use this as throughway?
Yes.
+1[/QUOTE]
Agreed - particularly considering that the passenger could clearly have seen that you were traveling with a child. All the more irritating since it sounds like you were going out of your way to be considerate to other travellers.
Quite a challenge managing the negative emotions that result from the cumulative effect of this sort of repeated behaviour.
Mar 27, 2015, 2:04 pm
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Really does my head in.
We often fly and get middle row bulkhead seats (because we have an infant). Not a huge amount of legroom because of the bulkhead but its still better. No person in front to annoy with baby grabbing the seat.
The number of people who see this as a route from one aisle to another is unbelievable. You see them and they're looking and suddenly they'll dive across you. Trampling on any bags on the floor, tripping over feet etc.
You wouldnt dream of attempting to walk along a row of seats half way back with passengers in so what makes you think I want some to push their way in front of my face now.
Its got the point now where we sometimes pile a bag up by our feet to block it off. Still had someone last flight who steamed across the first two of us- saw the bag tower by person three and asked us to move it so they could get past!
Am I right in thinking its a bit rude to use this as throughway?
We often fly and get middle row bulkhead seats (because we have an infant). Not a huge amount of legroom because of the bulkhead but its still better. No person in front to annoy with baby grabbing the seat.
The number of people who see this as a route from one aisle to another is unbelievable. You see them and they're looking and suddenly they'll dive across you. Trampling on any bags on the floor, tripping over feet etc.
You wouldnt dream of attempting to walk along a row of seats half way back with passengers in so what makes you think I want some to push their way in front of my face now.
Its got the point now where we sometimes pile a bag up by our feet to block it off. Still had someone last flight who steamed across the first two of us- saw the bag tower by person three and asked us to move it so they could get past!
Am I right in thinking its a bit rude to use this as throughway?